"Sweet, bumbling, baby-faced and dweeby"

Today's notable news: Daddy Dearest, of all people, has decided Michael Cera and I are perfectly suited for each other, and I COMPLETELY AGREE. Earlier today, he handed me the January 10 edition of New York Times magazine, and with it he gave firm instructions: "Read this. He's your age. Go after him. Don't you just love him?" The dog-eared page: A Q&A with the insanely adorable MC.

Really Father? Duh, I've had a crush on Michael since Superbad (can't pretend I was cool enough to watch Arrested Development before MC was suddenly on everyone's radar), but cute celebrities, if discussed in parent-daughter conversation, tend to be confined to Mom Territory. Of course, since he's wicked cute and OMG LIKE SUPER FUNNY, clearly I was excited to read the interview. But I couldn't help being baffled that my DAD recommended it to me. ????? First, most pop culture post-1975 is dead to him. Second, the interview in question is cute, but I wouldn't expect it to elicit a near-gushy "Don't you just LOVE him?" from the mouth of a middle-aged, married ex-frat boy. But then I remembered how much my dad loved Superbad because SOMEHOW I ended up watching it WITH HIM (!!!!!!) having NO idea what I was getting myself into. My dad, who can scarcely stomach the tamest of Britney lyrics, LOVED THAT MOVIE. Once I remembered this, the sudden surge of Michael Cera enthusiasm made as much sense as it could.

But what's important here is not my dad's apparent affinity for pervy adolescent humor, or the fact that he LOL'd himself to tears during both the Home Ec scene (hilarious) and the dancing disaster (ew, too far). It's that Michael is beyond precious. He starred in a Pillsbury commercial at 9 and POKED THE DOUGHBOY (!!!!) and apparently had to stick his arm out "a million times until they said it looked good." Throughout the (sadly short) interview, he continues to kill us with cuteness, saying things like "My little sister is a really good painter." aaahh, STOPPPP TORTURING ME!! He's got that "let-me-charm-your-socks-off-without-trying-at-all" sense of humor. You know, the kind of wit that will probably kill me (and any other suckers for funny semi-geeky skinny guys) one day. Continue to obsess over his effortless charm by reading the whole interview here. And go see Youth in Revolt. I haven't seen it yet, but the trailer is funny + gets points for featuring '90s gem "Time Bomb" by the Old 97's. And, Michael Cera is, as Juno said, "totally boss." (Ok, Paulie Bleeker was actually totally boss, but technicality here=unnecessary). My mentality: It features him, it's worth seeing.

(on that note, Michael recently did promos for Youth in Revolt with the cast of Jersey Shore. Quite the recipe for ridiculousness. Vinny even gave him a nickname. ICYMI, check out all the promos here.)



TONIGHT: GOLDEN GLOBES. partay on the t-vay. Get ready to hear my take on the best and worst of the GG's. I know you can't wait. :)